Mela 65Rudra chakraM2
Kalyani
formally Mechakalyani — the name that encodes 65
The name is the number
Mechakalyani
English 'ch' here is ca = 6 (mecakalyāṇī), not cha = 7.
Every mela name encodes its own number — how the katapayadi sutra works.
SSR2R2G3G3M2M2PPD2D2N3N3SS (upper octave)
SS (upper octave)N3N3D2D2PPM2M2G3G3R2R2SS
How to know it
Auspicious and regal — the quintessential raga of weddings, festivity and grand concert openings.
Janyas of Kalyani
Hear it in songs
Vanajakshi
Pallavi Gopala Iyer · Ata
The celebrated Kalyani ata tala varnam, a rite of passage for advancing students.
Nidhi Chala Sukhama
Tyagaraja · Misra Chapu
Tyagaraja's famous refusal of royal patronage: 'Is wealth the source of happiness, or the presence of Rama?'
Kamalambam Bhajare
Muthuswami Dikshitar · Adi
The second avarana of Dikshitar's Kamalamba Navavarana cycle on the Sri Chakra.
Himadri Sute
Syama Sastri · Rupakam